"What? Damn Wilhelm I, damn Bismarck, they dare to really spy on the hegemony of the European continent and really want to go to war with us France! The hegemony of the European continent will always belong to us, France, and no one can take it away! ”

Napoleon III roared angrily. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Napoleon III was about to go crazy, Prussia not only had the ambition to seize the hegemony of Europe, but also had the action to put it into practice, directly signed an agreement with the Chinese Empire to restrict the Chinese Empire from selling heavy machine guns to the French Empire, without heavy machine guns, the French Empire would be in a huge threat, a real mortal threat, which the French Empire absolutely could not tolerate!

Grammon said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the only way now is to find a way to get the patent of the heavy machine gun from the Chinese Empire, if we want to suppress the rise of the Prussian Kingdom, we must equip the heavy machine gun unit that is not weaker than Prussia, otherwise, we are not sure enough!" ”

"But!"

Napoleon III said angrily: "If you want to win the patent rights of the heavy machine gun of the Chinese Empire, how easy is it?" That's the deterrent weapon of the Chinese Empire! No one will easily transfer technology, and if the heavy machine gun is in our hands, I will not even think about selling it to other countries! Guo Ye, that guy is so difficult to die, if we don't spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, can it be sold to us? ”

Gramont smiled bitterly and replied: "Your Majesty, even if we have to vomit ten mouthfuls of blood, we must take down the patent rights, time is running out, Prussia has not much time left for us, we only have three or four years to prepare......"

Napoleon was silent for a while, Gramont was right, Prussia's strength has risen too fast, and now it is already standing out in the German Confederation, without the interference of external forces, unifying Germany, it is a matter of time, once the unification of Germany is completed, the strength of the Kingdom of Prussia is no longer a kingdom, but a real empire, and it may be a stronger empire than France, you must know that the population of the entire German Confederation is more than 40 million, more than the entire French Empire!

"Okay, immediately telegraph Yabuchi and ask him to take the patent for the Gatling heavy machine gun at all costs!"

"Haha!"

In the Qianqing Palace.

Guo Ye laughed and punched Tang Tingshu, and said with a smile: "Brother Jianshi, with you, even the patent rights of our heavy machine gun, you dare to sell it, how much silver do you plan to sell?" ”

Tang Tingshu said with a smile: "Come on, it's not you who said it yourself, now our new heavy machine gun is already in the final stages of tackling key problems, and at the end of this year, a sample gun can be put out for testing, and it won't take two or three years to carry out large-scale production, once the new heavy machine gun comes out, then who cares about this old heavy machine gun?" I know that these heavy machine guns still have a lot of problems, jamming, rate of fire, muzzle temperature, a lot of problems, it's just that other countries have never used it, they just don't know, even if the patent rights are sold to them, it won't take many years, they will be eliminated, and our new heavy machine guns will continue to seize new markets......"

"You're really an old fox, why didn't you see it before? Haha......"

Guo Ye and Li Hongzhang laughed, yes, it seems that Tang Tingshu is honest, but he is so ruthless when he pits people......

"Your Majesty, how are you going to offer the French Empire this time? This time, I'm afraid that they will buy the patent rights even if they vomit blood, as long as we are willing to sell ......"

Li Hongzhang asked.

Guo Ye said with a smile: "Quan Shuai, this is very simple, we don't sell them in one go, but they produce a heavy machine gun, how much money do we charge them, in a word, they follow our technology, for every heavy machine gun produced, we charge eight hundred taels of silver for the patent, and give them the authorization of three thousand heavy machine guns in advance, a total of two million taels of silver, converted into francs, well, almost seven and two hundred thousand francs......

This one......

Li Hongzhang frowned and asked, "Your Majesty, do we just want them to pay such a small fee?" Two million taels of silver, which sounds like a lot, but it's really not much, we just sold them two thousand five hundred, that's three million seven hundred taels of silver, let's transfer the technology to them, it's so much money? ”

Guo Ye said helplessly: "My Quan Shuai, you are too rich, let's sell them three million or seven hundred thousand taels of silver, that is the cost of it, the cost of each heavy machine gun is almost seven or eight hundred taels of silver, what we can really earn is almost seven or eight hundred taels of silver, one hundred percent, do you think these are all earned by us?" ”

Forehead......

Li Hongzhang also laughed, quite embarrassed, he boasted that he was proficient in foreign affairs, and he didn't even react to such a little account......

Guo Ye continued: "In the first phase, we authorized them, and we could only give them the power of 3,000 heavy machine guns, and in the second phase, if they still want to continue to authorize, then they must be authorized by us again, even if they produce 10,000 units, they must also have our profits, this is where the power of patented technology lies, understand......"

Li Hongzhang and Tang Tingshu glanced at each other, their eyes full of shock! They also just heard about Guo Ye's patent, but they didn't expect that the patent of a technology would be so powerful!

Guo Ye continued: "Since this Yabuqi is very good, there is no need to embarrass him, the next negotiation, you two can just look at it, get the three major customers of Britain, France and Prussia, and then the United States and other second-rate countries, if you want to buy, come over with silver, we will not refuse, Jinan Arsenal is fully producing, six or seven thousand a year, six years, enough to produce 40,000, which can fully meet the ordering needs of these countries, and our People's Army, next, will be equipped with a new type of water-cooled heavy machine gun." , It's a heavy machine gun with another concept entirely, and in a few days, I'll take you to Jinan Arsenal to visit, so that you can open your eyes! ”

Li Hongzhang smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that I don't have this opportunity, the trip to the southwest is already close at hand......"

Yes, Yunnan, Guichuan and other places in the southwest are still in a mess, the dynasty has changed, the people's hearts are fluctuating, Li Hongzhang needs to get up as soon as possible, as the governor, to appease the local officials and the psychology of democracy, otherwise, after a long time, it will be even more chaotic, not to mention, the current plateau, it is not necessarily calm, but the British have been eyeing there for a while......

(To be continued.) )